Doug McAvoy (footballer)

Doug McAvoy
Personal information
Full name Douglas Haig McAvoy
Date of birth 29 November 1918
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Date of death 15 April 1988(1988-04-15) (aged 69)
Place of death Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cumnock Juniors
1935–1947 Kilmarnock  86 (20)
1947–1949 Liverpool   2 (0)
1949–1951 Queen of the South   26 (3)
Total 114 (23)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas Haig McAvoy (29 November 1918 – 15 April 1988) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward for Kilmarnock, Liverpool and Queen of the South. His career was interrupted by World War II; prior to its outbreak he finished on the losing side (after a replay) in the 1938 Scottish Cup Final, and was selected for a Scottish Football Association tour of North America in the summer of 1939 (the fixtures of which did not include any official internationals).